Parts & Labor was an American rock band formed in 2002 by B. J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in

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, New York. Drummer

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joined the band in 2007. Parts & Labor released five albums, two EPs, one split album (with

Tyondai Braxton Tyondai Adaien Braxton (born October 26, 1978) is an American composer and musician. He has been writing and performing music under his own name and collaboratively under various group titles and collectives since the mid-1990s, including in ...

), and numerous 7"s and compilation tracks. Their music is influenced by DIY punk, experimental/psychedelic rock, and lo-fi electronic music. Drummer Christopher Weingarten left the band in 2008 but they quickly recruited new drummer Joe Wong and added guitarist Sarah Lipstate, turning them into a four-piece band. This lineup recorded ''Receivers'', the band's fourth album, which was released on October 21, 2008 in North America and November 3, 2008 in the UK through Jagjaguwar. Also released in 2008 was ''Escapers Two'', a record which featured 51 songs in around 29 minutes. On July 10, 2009, Lipstate announced via her website she had left the band. The band played their 10th anniversary and final show on Friday, February 24, 2012. Friel and Warshaw also run Cardboard Records, an independent record label that has released music by Pterodactyl, Gowns, Ecstatic Sunshine and others. Former members of Parts & Labor include Christopher Weingarten, Sarah Lipstate, Joel Saladino and Jim Sykes.

Band members

Final line-up * Dan Friel -

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*B.J. Warshaw -

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, vocals *

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*Tom Martin - guitar Past members *Jim Sykes - drums *Joel Saladino - drums *Christopher R. Weingarten - drums * Sarah Lipstate - guitar

Timeline

Discography

;Albums * '' Groundswell'' (JMZ Records, 2003) * '' Stay Afraid'' (

Jagjaguwar Records Jagjaguwar is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. Jagjaguwar is a label included in Secretly Group, which also includes ...

, 2006) * '' Mapmaker'' (

, 2007) * '' Receivers'' (

, 2008) * ''

Constant Future ''Constant Future'' is the fifth full-length release from Parts & Labor, released in 2011 on Jagjaguwar Records. Track listing #"Fake Names" #"Outnumbered" #"Constant Future" #"A Thousand Roads" #"Rest" #"Pure Annihilation" #"Skin And Bones" #"Ec ...

'' (

, 2011) ;Splits and EPs * ''Rise, Rise, Rise'' (split LP with

)(

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, 2003) * ''Escapers One'' 12" (Brooklyn Beats, 2007) * ''Escapers Two'' (

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, 2008)

References

External links

Official website
* All Music Guide page
MySpace page

2008 Parts & Labor Interview at Bandega.com

* ttp://www.villagevoice.com/music/0625,barthel,73581,22.html Village Voice interview/review
Cleveland Free Times live review

Interview with Chief Magazine

Parts & Labor talk Plan B Magazine through ''Stay Afraid'' (September 2006)

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